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From the post “These are certainly ‘interesting times’ and we can expect a lot more political surprises, but we have to be more than onlookers and occasional voters. Progressive politics needs to be built on practical action and campaigning, and with the Tories in power there will be no shortage of people who require support, or issues to campaign on – especially around welfare.”

Labour’s result with Corbyn at the helm has demonstrated the hunger that exists for a more progressive politics. We saw this same hunger here in Scotland in 2014. On both occasions it was not quite enough to overcome the massive bias produced by an elite-dominated media (and in 2014 by the broken promise of The Vow). It is a nasty irony that the Tories look to be able to keep hold of the reins of government thanks to their gains in Scotland. Ruth Davidson is oozing even more smugness than usual, but her party only got a 29% share of the Scottish vote. The rest was divided between two leftish parties, so the result was always going to be messy. For the Scottish Tories this was a single issue campaign, and they undoubtedly succeeded in capturing unionist votes from Labour in the competition to unseat the SNP. At the same…

The day of the vote

Scottish independence referendumSeptember 18th, 2014

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What is the Radical Independence Campaign (RIC)?

The Radical Independence Campaign (RIC) was launched during November 2012 in Glasgow at a meeting attended by over 850 campaigners from various socialist, environmental, LGBTQI, women's and disability organisations, trade unionists, anti-cuts activists and members of the public. The aim of RIC is to campaign on an extra parliamentary, pro-independence platform which puts forward a vision of Scotland that is green and environmentally sustainable; internationalist and opposed to Trident and war; for a social alternative to austerity and privatisation; a modern republic for real democracy; committed to equality and against sexism, homophobia and racism. For more info about the national campaign, see www.radicalindependence.org

Numerous local groups have sprung up across Scotland following the RIC conference in Glasgow. While sharing the aims of the national RIC grouping, Radical Indy D&G is an autonomous organisation which will also campaign on local issues of relevance to communities across our region. We will further seek to intervene within the main RIC grouping to ensure that the issues affecting people in Dumfries and Galloway are addressed as part of the wider campaign.